Work & careers
figure it out as you go
learn while doing
To learn how to handle something while you are doing it, rather than planning everything first.
Hear it in real life
Did anyone show you how to use the software?
Not really; I figured it out as I went.
I didn't know how to run the event, so I figured it out as I went.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I figured it out as I go.
Say: I figured it out as I went.
Keep the past-tense verbs consistent when describing how you learned while doing something.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
figure it out as you go; figured it out as I went
Your turn: say it out loud
I didn't know how to run the event, so I figured it out as I went.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
figure it out as you go
learn while doing
“I didn't know how to run the event, so I figured it out as I went.”
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